Robredo’s hard yardstick serves as reminder for ambitious Scot

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THAT Tommy Robredo, an afterthought in A-list terms, can reach the elite eight of the Masters Cup ought to warm the cockles of Andy Murray’s heart as he spends the next six weeks splitting his preparation for 2007 between leisure and lung-bursting.

Robredo, the Spaniard named after the central character in Ken Russell’s 1975 rock musical, has been on the fringe of some central characterisation of his own. He broke into the top ten in May by winning the Masters Series event in Hamburg but is yet to reach the semi-finals of a grand-slam championship. He just does the hard